Bag for bulk edibles and the like



June 17, 1930. AA. KNEE ,BAG FOR BULK EDIBLES AND THE LIKE Filed Sept. 21,. 1928 m W d jzron Knee,

Patented June 17, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT oFncB AARON A. KNEE, OI CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, ABSIGKOB 1'0 rim IMHO! PQm OOHPANY, 01 CHARLOTTE, NDB'I'H GABDLINA.

BAG BULK EDIBLEB THE LIKE Application fled September 81, 1988. Serial 80. 807,858.

be handled by a vending machine, and in which the bags are pasted to the strip of am and other bulk edibles that the edges of the.

per in such a manner as to have their a acent edges abutting agalnst each other, so that when these bags are filled with pea-nuts bags will becomeslightly separated from the strip of paper to which they are pasted and thus leave a small space between the bags thru which the knife of a vending machine will pass to sever the bag from the ribbon of which it is a part and allow the same to fall from or to be delivered from a vending machine.

I am aware that heretofore various devices have been used for vending cigars, collars ,20 and other articles, in which these commodities are easily susceptible to such vending, but so far as I am aware I am the first to-devise a ribbon bag so constructed as to be adaptable for the vending of peanuts and other bulk edibles.

An object of my invention is to provide a ribbon of bags which is formed by the pasting of bags onto a continuous strip of flexible material with the adjacent edges of the bags abutting against each other and which allow a slight separation of the edges of the bag from the strip of flexible material to allow room for the passing of the knife of a vendin machine, thus insuring the greatest number 0 bags per foot and causing no space to be wasted in the vending machine, as the case would be were the bags separated from each other an appreciable distance.

Some of the objects of my invention having been stated, other objects will appear as the description proceeds, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a plurality of bags secured in position on a strip of material with the end bag extending away from the point of observation;

Figure 2 is a cross-sectlonal v1ew taken along the line 2-2 in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal cross-sectlonal view taken thru one of my bags and the strip of flexible material to which the bags are secured.

Referring more particularly to the drawmgs, the numeral 10 indicates a broad, flexible stri of paper or other suitable material on who the bags 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 are;

pasted or otherwise secured, with the adjacent edges of the bags being flush with each other and m F1 ure 2 the manner in which the en bag 16 1s ent over the support 17 is shown, ready for the knife 18 of a suitable vending machlne tosever the last bag from the others,

and when the bag and supporting ribbon are bent with relation to the other bags there is a slight peeling of the edges of the bags away from the flexible strip which allows the kn fe to pass between the bags and cut the strlp of paper without injuring the adjacent bag s. In Figure 2 the bags are shown in the pos1t1on they will be when filled with peanuts and there is seen a slight peeling of the edges of the bags from the strip of flexible paper to provide the s ace for the severing kn o.

it the en of each unit of bags the flexible strip 10 projects in the form of the lip 19 and on thls portion 19 there is placed the adhesive 20 which serves for the urpose of securmg an additional unit of bags so that the vending machine in which this device is adapted to be used will not have to be reloaded, but additional units of bags may be secured to each other in succession without interfering with the bags held by the dispensing mechanism of the machine.

In the drawings and specification I have set forth a preferred embodiment of my invention, and although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only, and not for purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A paper ribbon having a plurality of paper bags secured thereon, said bags being oval in cross-section and having their edges and middle portions secured to the paper ribbon with the edges of adjacent bags touching each other, with the securin means being less secure at the edges to a ow the edges of the bags to separate from the ribbon when a bag is folded to a position at an angle to the main ribbon portion.

2. In a bag structure for bulk edibles and the like, a continuous sheet oi flexible mate- 5 rial having a lurality of bags secured there- .to, said bags ing oval in cross-section and being in parallel relation to each other and having the greaterportion of one side thereof secured to the sheet of flexible material andhaving their edges in close proximity to each other, the sheet of flexible material extending beyond the bags and having means thereon for securing an additional unit of bags thereo. In testimony whereof I aflix my si ature.

AARON A. E. 

